The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-31
CURRENT TOPICS.

OPiUM smugglerS nave Deen arrested IN
6an Francisco.
GERONIMO is employed in making gardens
at Fort Pickens, Fla.
WM. O'BRIEN, of Pottstown, Pa, has
caught large white rat.
COLONEL INeERsoLL says he will deliver
no more anti-religious lectures.
A MAN in Illinois lodged colts kick,
fell on q stump and broke four ribs.
The name Of Mule Head has been hit
upon for new settlement in Dakota.
MARY ANDERSON is said to be worth $500,
600 and Lotta only s4OO, ,0O0-poor thing.
The average weekly consumption of coal
in London is $25O,OOO tons. This soots
them.
ALLEN g. THURMAN keeps no horses be-
cause Mrs. Thurman is afraid to ride or
drive.
ONE-PouRTH the milk dealers in Boston,
the local inspector Of milk asserts are dis
honest.
MRS. BEEcnER has gone to Florida for q
month, accompanied by her neice, Miss
Bullard.
FORTY snow-storms and one hundred,
days of good sleighing constitute ver-
mont winter.
ical town of Bayreuth that will cost the
citizens 5000.
A sEvEN-YEAR-oLD boy has arrived in
Boston, having made the journey from San
Francisco alone.
THE largest library in the world is the
Imperial at Paris, which contains over two
million volumes.
SPEAKER AND MRS. CARLISLE are to 60 to
f<,. 4 "a
visit to their son in Kansas.
KANSAS claims to have more free school
houses in proportion to population than
any other State in the Union.
ELECTRICAL science is enriching the Ian.
guage in jawbreaking manner. "Telo.
gastrograph" is the latest contribution.
The Gar Of Russia probably knows bet
ter than any other living man how ''un-
easy lies the head that wears the crown"
SENATOR INGALLS, preserves the first fee
he ever received as q lawyer, namely, a
table and high desk, made by q carpen-
ter client.
Lon CooNs, of Long Lick, KY, is not
yet sixteen years old, but he is 6 feet
inches tall, weighs 165 pounds, and wears
No. II boot.
A CAIRO GLL) man was fined s25 for dis
orderly conduct because he notified lady
in the street that q part Of her skirt had
become loosened.
FRED GRANTS physical resemblance to
his father increases with his years. He is
said to resemble his father also in his
fondness for smoking
Two women in Chicago have been sup
porting their worthless husbands and
helpless children for several months past
by systematic shoplifting.
THIS country consumes A, ,0OO, 900 pounds
OF oleomsrgarlne o year. And yet nearly
every grocery in the country swears he
wouldn't handle the stun.
IT is estimated that the amount of money
spent in connection with hunting in Great
Britain is S5, ,0OO, 900 per season. There are
$50 packs, including barriers.
IT is said that about 200 baby boys have
already been named after the President,
and probably one-half that number Of girls
bear Mrs. Cleveland's given name.
IT is now pretty well established that
the late accident on the Boston and Prov
idence railroad was due to defect in the
original plan Of the bridge which fell.
WHEN Theodore Tilton was told Of Mr..
Beecher's death and asked whether he had
any thing to say, he shook his head sadly
and answered: "No; it will do no good
now"
In little log cabin in Dinwiddie County,
Va, live four persons, aged respectively,
ninety-four, ninety-seven, eighty-seven
and eighty-six years-the first two man
and wife.
FERDINAND WARD runs a little steam
printing press that prints cigar and tobac-
co labels. He has perpetual sneer on his
face, and is regarded as q surly, disagree
able fellow.
CHAMBERS have attacked large number
of horses in Liberty Township, near
Unionville, Mo. Many horses have been
slaughtered and burned to prevent the dis
ease spreading.
LEE MERIwErHER has written q book in
which he says that workingmen in Naples
live on ten cents q day; bread for break
fast; bread, wine and macaroni for dinner
and macaroni for supper.
The new law converting, under certain
conditions, places of 200 600 inhabitants or
over into central reserve cities, may ulti-
mately deprive New York City Of part of
its financial pre-eminence.
THE new law of libel in Minnesota pro-
vides that no suit for libel can be brought
against newspaper until it has had three
days notice, and retraction during that
time nullifies the cause Of action.
THE arguments on the motion for a new
trial for the Chicago Anarchists are com
pleted, and their fate rests with the su-
preme court of Illinois. 1t is thought that
10 decision will not be reached until next
September.
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